Category Archives for lighting standards
One on One
Perth, 1st August 2012 The relentless push towards being energy friendly, green and wanting to be seen (also for commercial reasons!) doing the “right” thing is at times taking hilarious proportions. Desperate maintenance managers, chief electrical engineers and the like … Continue reading
Whose fault is it?
Singapore, 24th July 2012 When the end result of a project is not satisfactory, whose fault is it? Who should take responsibility and own up? As professional lighting designer this can be quite a burning question and in the light … Continue reading
LED retrofit
Singapore, 23rd July 2012 While I can sympathise with the huge commercial opportunities in the retrofit market when it comes to LED, I have come to the conclusion that for the moment LED retrofits (in down lights specifically) are not … Continue reading
Professional lighting design
Singapore, 20th July 2012 As the Professional Lighting Design Association (PLDA) is re-thinking its future away from Via-Verlag, complete with new logo and website, it is a good time to think about the importance of an impartial, independent and professional … Continue reading
LED specs
Singapore, 18th July 2012 I find it increasingly difficult to properly specify LED technology. Contrary to the past working with traditional lighting technology when I knew what to look for, getting my hands on specifying the correct LED becomes more … Continue reading
Lighting calculations
Singapore, 17th July 2012 We don’t design for lux meters but for people, yet you will be surprised how many ‘engineers’ wish to see lighting level calculations! I am always very wary about this as most of the time people … Continue reading
Lighting power budgets
Singapore, 10th July 2012 Today again I had to “climb in the pen” as we say in Dutch, to let of some steam as I had received one of those typical energy consultants directives telling me how much watts per … Continue reading
Number crunching
Delhi, 28th June 2012 Another long day and I reckon close to 5 hours driving around in the car! It did not help that my first meeting was in the South, my next one in Gurgaon Hills and my last … Continue reading
Pinpointing the cause
Singapore, Saturday 16th June 2012 I spent a large part of the day yesterday analysing the chain of components and variables that could possibly influence the LED lighting infra-structure and its resulting lighting performance. The challenging thing in lighting is … Continue reading
LED’s again
Singapore, 14th June 2012 The LED (quality) saga continues on a nearly daily basis! Today I went out to investigate renewed issues spotted at our first 100% LED installation at the Intercontinental Hotel. In earlier blogs last year I reported … Continue reading
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